Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into  it or so…

This was actually my second time in July – I got called up at the last minute to do a fill-in slot as another reviewer was away. I was on holiday and they called me in Taupo. Alas, the phone line was bad – so you won’t hear the first part of our conversation, including missing all but the outro of the first song. But I’ll include the songs here for you to check out – as I always do.

The theme I came up with was modern jazz supergroups, around the fact that there was a new EP/album by a group called Dinner Party (self-titled). And I played a song called Freeze Tag.

And fthe second thing I talked about was the new album by Joshua Redman which for the first time in 26 years features a reunion by the band from his third album, back in 1994. Back then they were lesser known talents – now they’re all known for their work as bandleaders and sideman – Redman (sax), Brad Mehldau (piano), Christian McBride (bass) and Brian Blade (drums). The album is called RoundAgain. And the song I played was called Right Back Round Again.

Click here to hear the chat

I’ve also written about both albums, Dinner Party’s self-titled debut and the Redman/Mehldau/McBride/Blade record, RoundAgain. So click those links to read my thoughts on them.

You can also click here to listen back to my first round of July album reviews on RNZ

Click here to check out the previous reviews

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